Setting up a CG 5GT?

[big bedroom]

I've recently purchased one of these mounts second hand, a step up from my Nexstar 6se. When I do the alignment it always picks stars from the west which aren't visable as my garden faces East. If I change the filter limits it will choose stars in the east, which is great for home, but not the west.

Is this normal for this type of mount? Or have I missed something obvious? My only previous experience is with the nextstar and that covers all the sky. I like to try and go to dark sites as often as I can and having to keep changing the filter limits seems a bit faffy.

[Northern Soul man]

Hi Ya Big Bedroom and a very warm welcome to the SGL - I think you can select which "part" of the sky you want to align in - when you get the screen with the alignment stars - it shows your first alignment star - I think - if you press the "Menu" button at this point, you can scroll through North, South, East and West -  think it gives you the appropriate letter in the top right hand part of the screen - All this is going off memory, but think its correct - just have a go and do a dummy run and have a look if you can - the handset will then give you alignment stars for the selected "piece" of sky.

Paul.

[Hootsitabernacle]

yeah I had this mount a few months ago and got rid of it for the 6se..i could never get to grips with the alignment on it..maybe it was just me but im pretty sure you can pick which part of the sky tostart your alignment process if memory serves

[big bedroom]

Aha! Thanks, that's cracked it. I knew there must but an easier way.

I prefer my 6se mount for visual, it's so easy to set up and use. But fancy doing a bit of photography so got to get to grips with an eq mount.